Loud Music in the Rainy Season

Up above me, such a din!I feel my patience growing thin.Cross fingers that they do not fallas workmen scamper over all,balancing on domes and peaks,replacing roof tiles, sealing leaks.

They’re taking the old surface offall my domes and drainage trough,putting membrane down and goothat will not let the water throughin June when rains beat hard and steady,although, alas, they’ve come already!

The dogs are sent into a tizzy.Looking up, I just get dizzy.In this world that I love so,down here in lovely Mexico,now the grinder joins the din.In a noise Olympics, it would win!

My thoughts all center on escapingthis chipping, drilling, pounding, scraping.How I’d like to leave this allfor relative quiet at the mall!But, alas, I must remaina martyr to construction pain.

Ear plugs having no effect,before my sanity is wrecked,I turn up music to a SHOUTto let Bob Dylan drown them out.Now Caitlin Cary croons and singsthat she is “Sorry” and other things.

Eliza Gilkyson’s rough croonis over oh too soon, too soon.The silence that her true love speaksreplaced now by the sander’s shrieks,I turn the iPod on again,full force, to drown out all the din.

I’ve no sympathy for the neighbors’ plight.Their damn dog kept me up all night,and if my eardrums are to be shotI would rather that it’s notby machines like those above,but rather by a sound I love.

About lifelessons

My blog, which started out to be about overcoming grief, quickly grew into a blog about celebrating life. I post daily: poems, photographs, essays or stories. I've lived in countries all around the globe but have finally come to rest in Mexico, where I've lived since 2001. My books may be found on Amazon in Kindle and print format, my art in local Ajijic galleries. Hope to see you at my blog.